Public Procurement Law Review provides up-to-date information and analysis on public procurement law in the European Union and the UK, as well as comprehensive coverage of international developments (GPA, UNCITRAL Model Law, country case studies etc).

Topics covered in depth in 2012 included:

The European Union

EU rules on changes to concluded contracts - full-length articles on- the current law and its practical implications- implications of the Commission’s proposals for new legislation

In-house procurement and other “public-public” procurement arrangements – implications of the Commission’s proposals for new legislation

“Fair trade” and environmental considerations in public procurement – impact of the Commission v Netherlands case

Innovation in public procurement – how it fits with the legal rules

New UK case law on applying award criteria in practice

New UK legislation on social and environmental issues in procurement

Global

The new rules on framework agreements under the UNCITRAL Model Law on Public Procurement 2011

General review of the new UNCITRAL Model Law 2011

The new WTO Agreement on Government Procurement

The above were all written by senior officials of UNCITRAL and the WTO to provide the most reliable, up to date and in-depth information

Procurement remedies – articles on South Africa and Ethiopia

Topics to be covered in 2013 include:

The European Union

Special editions devoted to the progress and outcome of the Commission’s proposals for:- a new directive on concessions- a new public procurement directive- a new utilities procurement directive

Detailed analysis of ALL new procurement case law of the Court of Justice of the EU and UK national courts

Public procurement and state aid

Global

SME policy in public procurement

New developments in World Bank policy on public procurement

New work of UNCITRAL on public-private partnerships

CONTRIBUTOR INFORMATION

Papers must be in English.

Articles for consideration should be sent to Professor Sue Arrowsmith, School of Law, University of Nottingham, University Park, Nottingham NG7 2RD Email: Sue.Arrowsmith@nottingham.ac.ukThe preferred length for articles is between 1,000 and 10,000 words although longer articles will beconsidered. Contributors should specify the number of words in their article. Hard-copy submissionsare not required and all submissions must be sent in Word format.

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